Sr. No. 1

The Term Ahead

“Words are , in my no t -so -humble op inion, our most inexhaust i -

ble source of magic. Capable o f both inf l ic t ing injury, and reme-

dying i t ."

-Professor Dumbledore

MMXVIII/January/Issue 1

Inside This Issue

Campus Eye in Doodle 2 Hindi Section 3 All That Fits 4

After the long winter breaks, all of us have returned to school invigorated,

looking forward for greater opportunities this year and fulfilling our new

year resolutions. The SeQuin team welcomes everyone back on the board.

From what we hear, the campus was rather lifeless without us.

While quite a few of us spent a great part of our holidays wrapped up in

quilts, sipping hot drinks in the dim light of the heaters; our 10th and the 12th

graders studied really hard for their board examinations and found their way

back to the campus along with the teachers two weeks before everyone else.

To those taking board exams, we wish you good luck.

No sooner had we stepped foot on the 52 acre campus, did the buzz of the

big day engulf us-whether it was discussing how high the bar was set by the

current (soon to be ‘previous’) batch or guessing who would be the next gen

tie holders. The air, even today is thick with anticipation, nervousness and

excitement.

While the 12th has already begun with their practical exams, the theory ex-

ams for both 12th and 10th graders will begin soon. The 9th and the 11th

graders will take their final examinations starting 17th of February and the

rest of the classes will have their Cap Test IV. But what one can always

look forward to the acche din since the trekking season is not too far away

either.

Graduation day is approaching soon which would be a momentous day for

all of us, especially the 12th graders as it reflects the warm memories of the

past and big dreams we keep for the future. These would be their last few

weeks with us and every moment we spend with them will be cherished as

we bid goodbye to the seniors we look up to.

The upcoming term will be the start of new things. Keep in mind that it’s in

your hands to waste it or to make the best use of it. One must start being

accountable. After all, happiness is an inside job.

As the new prefectorial body will get appointed, SeQuins must keep in mind

that duty doesn’t come with the badge alone. Seas aren’t crossed by merely

staring at waters.

Eventually all the pieces fall into place. Until then laugh at the confusion,

live for the moment and know that whatever happens, happens for a reason.

-Kishika Arora

(Editor In-Chief)

Like all those previous Term Gone By, we come to-

wards the final one for the academic year 2017-2018,

ladies and gentlemen. If the following narrative be

held true- the average, middle or high-school-you

must have had quite an eventful year given the usual

drama, controversies and adrenaline rush each time something bonkers happened. It could be new people

with their compatibility relatable to yours, new expe-

riences, that tingly feeling you get whenever the des-

sert-guy in the dining hall showed you his generosity

every now and then. You’d be looking back to each

of these experiences one day and smiling upon them

as the “Good Ol’ Days” and get all nostalgic about it.

But as we come to the end of the final term, in any

school for that matter, another significant step we

take is the selection of a new prefectorial council as

we bid adieu to the outgoing batch.

As a part of the school’s official newsletter, it rather

becomes an obligation to look out for what’s going

down in the school. All the things that may or may

not be in our best interests, all those things that may

give you another side to an argument, an ideology

that might as well help you make a difference in the

community you live in.

It becomes a responsibility to make sure that every

conversation that goes down between a paper and a

pen, the tête-à-tête that comes of these two non-

living entities, is what may matter today and might as

well be the fodder to the flames of change.

It is another shot to change the blindly accepted

norms; a crack at the conventional timeline that started as the foundational brick of this

institution was laid down. And thus, I ask

you, “What have you done to deserve the badge, the red tie and the honor that comes along with it?”

Sure you must be an academic achiever, you may

even have won a dozen medals in the DPSG Athlet-

ics Meet, and you may even have a great social influ-

ence amongst your peers; the Alpha or the Omega...

Cont. on page 4

All That Fits A column by Kartikeya Puri

PAGE 2

SR. NO. 1

As 11th Gurukul geared up for their third foot-

ball match in two weeks, the 10th graders were

eagerly making strategies for victory. Howev-

er, XI Gurukul looked far stronger against the

paltry 10th graders (no offence!) As the refer-

ee blew the whistle, the two teams locked their

horns. The 10th played offensive football

which proved to be vital as they scored the first

goal of the match. However, the older team

didn't fall behind! After plundering a dozen of

opportunities, finally the equalizer from the

11th came through. With only 10 minutes left

on the clock, there was a possibility of a third

goal from either of the teams. The offense

looked threatening but at the end, it fizzled out.

The referee blew the whistle indicating full

time. It was time for penalty shootouts!

Finally, 11th Gurukul emerged victorious with

a 4-1 win in the shootout. They say, may the

best ‘team’ win and it clearly did.

-Srotriyo Sengupta

It’s a GOAL!

The students returns filled with enthusiasm and

joy that they spread all across the campus basical-

ly the early Birds not only were the classroom lit

but the football field was also set on Fire by our

XI and XII playing a match amongst themselves.

On the 21st in the baffling winter cold both sides

went and gave all that they had on the field know

well that both sides were unhealthy and unfit after

the holiday haha.

Our newly train referee Aalam Deep Singh Bhul-

lar took to the field and bravely took calls for the

first time. He was scared because he was officiat-

ing for the first time lame laughter again haha

The match kicked off with both sides giving it

there all from unfit bodies and the match was in-

tensifying but which moments of fun in between.

People out of practice were tripping over the ball

running out of breath falling down and faking acts

where all fun to see and the referee unfortunately

had to run the most out of all the people present

on the field.

The first half went with shots whirling far from

the posts (each side) and alot of panting. Change

the second half the 11th proved a little dominating

and putting the 12th to a defensive stand. the sud-

den and surprisingly fast attacks then gave an

opening to the class 11 team to score 2 goals one after another. though the match was lost the bond

of friendship and trust between both sides grew

strong and the class 12th lost 2-0 to class 11th that

day.

-Vikramjeet Singh Mehla

XI Beats XII

Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect

i.e 26th January. This day is dear to all Indians for it was when the cornerstone of

democracy was first established.

SeQuins on the 26th January lined up in the football field and witnessed the Indian

flag being hoisted. The Indian choir then led the school in singing the much loved

national anthem. After this, the school captain and the head girl spoke a few words

that filled everyone with patriotic feelings. Everyone received their tiny packets of

samosas and ladoos.

Later, we all assembled by the tennis courts to have a barbeque lunch. The food

was cooked to perfection and the sun was kind enough to make a polite appearance.

The laid back day, good food and conversations reminded us of what it felt like to

breathe in a free, sovereign country.

Republic Day and the BBQ

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सर्दी सर्दी आई, सर्दी आई, ऊन के कपड़ ेलाई, ठंड लगी हैं ठंड लगी, इसको र्दरू भगाओ ना, कह ं तो आग लगाओ ना | नहाने के ललए गर्म पानी, पीने के ललए गर्म पानी, चाहहए तो सबको गर्म गर्म, सर्दी आई, सर्दी आई, ऊन के कपड़ ेलाई, सीख गए सभी सीख गए, र्दााँतो से गाना बजाना | कुकरत ेहुए कुकरत ेहुए, सबुह-सबुह उठना, तो सबको पसरं्द न आए, अपनी रजाईयों र्ें छिपे हुए, कभी भी बाहर न आए, सर्दी आई, सर्दी आई | -रे्दवानन्र्द शकु्ला

ज िंर्दगी आज कल जजरं्दगी र्ें बहुत भागा र्दौड़ी है हर् सब अपनी जजंर्दगी सधुारने र्ें लगे हुए हैं| एक बार एक लर्स्त्री था | वों बढ़ूा होता जा रहा था और अब नौकर िोड़ कर ररटायर होना चाहता था | एक हर्दन अपने बॉस से कहने लगा “ अब र्ैं बढूा हो रहा हूाँ और अब अपना सर्य अपने बच्चों और उनके बच्चों के साथ बबताना चाहता हूाँ | र्झु ेअब ररटायर कर र्द जजये .” बॉस कहने लगे , “बस एक आखर घर बनवार्दो फिर तमु्हे ररटायर्ेंट लर्ल जाएगी | वह अब कैसे र्न कर सकता था | वह र्ान गया | उसने बड़ ेबेर्न से घर बनाना शरुू कर हर्दया और २-३ र्हहने र्ें परूा कर हर्दया | फिर वह अपने बॉस को घर हर्दखने साईट पर ले गया | बॉस ने रे्दखा फक उसने वह घर इतना अच्िा नह बनाया जजतना अच्िा वह बनाता था और लोग उसकी तार ि भी करत ेथे | फिर बॉस ने उस घर की चाबी लर्स्त्री को रे्दर्द और कहा अब से यह घर तमु्हारा है | वह हैरान रह गया उसने सोचा अगर वह अपने ललए घर बनाता तो बहुत सनु्र्दर बनाता | हर् जो भी कार् आज कर रहे हैं वो लसिम अपने लक्ष्य को पाने के ललए कर रहे हैं तो हर्े कभी भी बेर्न से कायम नह ं करना चाहहए क्योंफक वो फकसी और के ललए नह बजकक आपके खुर्द के ललए है | - शभुर् कौलशक

गरुूर है त ूरे्रा, भले ह र्दछुनया के ललए कोई वजूर्द नह ं तरेा हौंसला है त ूरे्रा l लोगों की नजरों र्ें लसिम सपना है त ूरे्रा, त ूसबसे अच्िा लर्र है रे्रा , क्यूफंक ररश्ता है र्झुसे खून का तरेा l र्ैं कहती हूाँ चााँर्द है त ूरे्रा, पर चााँर्द से भी ख़ूबसरूत बेटा है त ूरे्रा, गवम से र्ैं कहना चाहता हूाँ त ूबेट नह ं बेटा है र्ेरा, क्यूफंक र्ैं पपता ह नह ं शभुचचतंक भी हूाँ तरेा l र्दछुनया की भीड़ र्ें, र्ैं हौंसले से कह सकूाँ , रे्दखो वह है बेटा र्ेरा, इस काबबल बन जा बस इतना सा फ़र्म है तरेा l -अक्षिता सेछतया

गुरूर है तू मेरा

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manauYya vahI hO jaao manauYya ko ilae ijae. eosaa haonaa BaI caaihe.[-Svar nao ApnaI savaao-%tma rcanaa

maanava kao [sa kaibala banaayaa hO ik vah Apnao kama krnao ko saaqa ¹saaqa praopkar kI Baavanaa sao

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tyaa Ð tao maanava mana kao Gaoro rhnao kI inataMt kaoiSaSa krtI hOM pr jaao manauYya [na pr ivajaya pa laota

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kao ]sa ipta prmaa%maa ko batae maaga- pr calanao kI p`orNaa dokr ApnaI maanava BaUimaka ka palana

kroM.

-Da^0 prmajaIt Aaobaraya

बिना शिक्षा के कामन सेन्स होना, शिक्षा प्राप्त करके भी कामन सेन्स ना होने से हजार गनुा िेहतर है | — रोबटम ग्रीन

The Editorial Board

Master In-Charge Ms. Harveen Kaur Sandhu (English) Editor In-Chief Kishika Arora Faculty Advisors Dr. Paramjit Oberoi (Hindi), Mr.

Srikanta Goswami, Ms. Priya Kulshrestha Senior Editors Kartikeya Puri, Srotriyo Sengupta, Krishna Tripathi (Hindi) Associate Editors

Shaurya Veer, Dhruv Banerjee, Siddhant Agarwal (Hindi) Sports Editor Kabir Kapur Cartoonist Elovito Ayemi, Emtili Aier, Lipi Koyu

Graphic Designer Saalik Rather Photographer Vishwas Gupta Coordinator Aviral Gupta Reporters Khushi Pandey, Ayaan Khan, Shivansh

Karanwal, Abhijeet Special Thanks Shreya Neogi, Nathaneal Buam, Vansh Jain, Harshit Gupta

SR. NO. 1 PAGE 4

Careers are interlinked. If you are a doctor, it doesn’t mean

that you wouldn’t need the help of a sculptor or a designer. Stat-

ing an example, there are 7 people in a room. A scientist, an

architect, a journalist, a sculptor, a teacher, a business man and

a radio jockey. They have an idea that they want to sell. The 7

of them are told that they have 10 years to come up with an idea

and implement it. The sculptor comes up with the idea to build

houses in a different way. The architect corrects him and tells

him how he can make it better and the scientist says, “Hey I

have discovered different materials that are not as harmful as

bricks.” The journalist can then publish the idea, the teacher can

teach students about these new ideas, the business man sells

these houses and the radio jockey also publicizes these houses.

Takeaways

1) You were part of the Super- 30. How did it change your life-

style?? Ans) It brought discipline to my everyday life and also helped me

become more profound in Physics. It helped in my development of

the student-teacher bond. This eventually helped me become a bet-

ter teacher.

2) Why did you choose to teach?

Ans) I was a bit lazy in my academic years (chuckles….), hence I

didn’t really have an option. I was mentored by Dr. Arjun Prasad

which really helped me a lot. I was happy eventually…..

3) Any advice for the students here. Ans) There is really no substitute to hard work.

4) Why did you primarily choose Physics as your subject?

Ans) Well, Physics is the art of Visualization. You get an all-round

360* development in your everyday-life with Physics.

5) Have you ever thought of anything else as your career? Ans) I have thought of Entrepreneurship as a career. It helps in vis-

ualizing concepts in Physics.

6) What are your hobbies? Ans) Singing and watching movies are a must in my everyday life

7) What is your next aim?

Ans) Work from scratch and visualize.

8) What was your defining or changing moment?

Ans) I was in the ICU for 53 days. My eyes were open, but my

body was not able to move. With deep meditation, I connected with

nature and learnt all about life. This was my defining moment or

the spark.

Mere Sawalo Ka Jawab Do! A session with Mr. Prashant Sahai

Cont. from Pg 1. of your group, in the social food chain of a school. Kudos to that dearest Alpha! But that really isn’t the answer to the afore mentioned

question.

As a part of the Darwinian Theory, only the fittest may survive and the mere existence of a food chain testifies for the domination that

takes place too. Little do we realize the fact that we are not cannibalistic creatures anymore, searching for submissive beings to rule

over. The human race has evolved a lot over a period of time. To be human is to care for each other and the moment we stop doing that,

THAT’S when we lose our humanity.

We crave for a badge on our blazers. We are ready to sever all our emotional ties in lust for a lump of metal that defines us more than

what we actually give back to our community. Shashi Tharoor talked about it as the ‘Principle of ‘What is Owed’. Our roots are what

we need to be reminded of, how we can make a difference and how on that basis we get rewarded whatever we deserve. For those of you who might still be pondering over the question asked earlier but are clueless on how to answer it, I’ll help break it

down for you! Now ask yourself this list of questions:

“What have I done to help the socially awkward kid in my class except demean him for what he is?”

“Have I opined rationally with the people who have an unfavorable opinion of what I say, if not make fun of them?”

“Have I helped out the academically weak student in my class if not mocking him for bringing the class average down?”

Life for some is not all castles and fairies up in the sky but quite the opposite of it actually; it’s all those dark mystical creatures that

haunt your awakening. Except this time, these monsters aren’t creatures with horns or grotesque features roaming in thirst of blood.

This time the adversaries are those who live beside you. It’s most unfortunate that these are the people are who we have to look up to as

our leaders in most of the cases presented to us (pointing no fingers, of course!)

So that’s it folks, the subject to today’s outrage that possibly might have given you a subject to ponder upon. A column that holds the

two sides of a coin left to be uncovered. By you, reader.